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I know I’ve promised this posts for weeks now, but trust me, it’s worth the wait because I’ve got even more to show you now 
I have done little projects to keep me occupied and customize Jaxson’s room in ways I didn’t get to do with Savannah, and I’m loving the results! First off
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Nursery Sneak Peak II
My due date is exactly 2 months away. I know that sounds kind of far away still, but this pregnancy has flown by and I think it will continue to do so up until 36 weeks.
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How I Occupy My Time
I have always been intrigued with smocking and in addition to improving my hand sewing I decided to sit down and learn how to do it. Here is one of the links I found that I used to help me start: http://www.mariegracedesigns.com/marie_grace/2009/03/handpleating-fabric-tutorial.html So following her tutorial I made the sample (plus tested a few other stitches) and it wan’t half bad! I’m not sure I’m up to the task, but here is a dress from about 1893-94 that has smocking from the Victoria and Albert Museum :
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Smocking
Remember my cry for help on what to do with this table and chairs? Let me remind you: It’s not a great overall shot of the chairs, but I’m sure everyone here has seen these before.
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Country Chairs into Classy Chairs
This is a frugal use of fabric scraps and a creative way to store veggies! Much better than plastic bags from the store…and great to store homegrown veggies! I’m going to try making a few of these. Scrapppy Reusable Produce Bag Tutorial
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Scrapppy Reusable Produce Bag Tutorial
I’m attending a funeral in the next few hours and as I figured out what the heck to wear, I realized that my dress pants desperately need hemming. I’m short. Like, under 5 feet kind of short, and it’s hard to find pants to fit me. I usually wear jeans, which Charlotte Rousse happens to
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A Ghetto Hem Job
With a lot of the house talk Mark and I have been doing lately, of course it’s made me think about decorating our future house. I’ve always loved the idea of design, I even wanted to be an interior designer for about two years of my life. But now, I have this fear when I
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Furniture Inspiration